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September 27, 2012
: Updated: September 27, 2012 11:31pm

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Four-year-old Alan Sanders is encouraged by his parents, Harold and Judy Sanders, after being rolled out of an elevator at the Weston Centre on Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012. Alan's wish to press all the buttons in the elevator of a tall building was granted by the Make-A-Wish Foundation, which worked with Weston Centre management to make Alan's dream come true. People that work in the building greeting him with streamers and cheers each time the door opened on a different floor.

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Four-year-old Alan Sanders is rolled out of an elevator with his mother, Judy Sanders, and his brother, Kevin, as his wish to press the buttons to all the floors of the tallest building in San Antonio is granted on Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012, by the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Alan, who has cancer, rode the elevator to many floors in the Weston Centre, where people that work in the building greeting him with streamers and cheers each time the doors opened.

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Four-year-old Alan Sanders prepares to ride the elevator to many floors in the Weston Centre on Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012. Alan, who has cancer, chose the elevator ride as his wish from the Make-A-Wish Foundation. The foundation grants wishes to children with life-threatening medical conditions.

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Alan Sanders, 4, is greeted by the cartoon character "Sponge Bob Square Pants" and children as he arrives at the Weston Centre in downtown San Antonio to receive his wish from the Make-A-Wish program on Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012. Alan, who has cancer, wanted to ride the elevator in San Antonio's tallest building and press all the buttons to all the floors. People that work in the building greeting him with streamers and cheers each time the elevator door opened.

Photo By Billy Calzada/San Antonio Express-News

Four-year-old Alan Sanders is rolled into the Weston Centre by his father, Harold Sanders, where he will ride the elevator in the tallest building in San Antonio to all the floors that he chooses on Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012. Alan, who has cancer, chose the elevator ride as his wish from the Make-A-Wish Foundation.

Photo By Billy Calzada/San Antonio Express-News

Alan Sanders, 4, a child living with cancer, chose the Weston Centre, right, to ride its elevators at will on Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012. The Make-A-Wish Foundation worked with Weston Centre management to make Alan's dream come true.

Photo By Billy Calzada/San Antonio Express-News

Four-year-old Alan Sanders is rolled out of an elevator as his wish to press the buttons to all the floors of the tallest building in San Antonio is granted on Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012, by the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Alan, who has cancer, rode the elevator to many floors in the Weston Centre, where people that work in the building greeting him with streamers and cheers each time the door opened.

Photo By Billy Calzada/San Antonio Express-News

Four-year-old Alan Sanders is dwarfed by the crowd and streamers as he is rolled out of an elevator at the Weston Centre in downtown San Antonio on Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012. Alan's wish to press the buttons to all the floors of a tall building in San Antonio was granted by the Make-A-Wish Foundation, which worked with Weston Centre management. Alan, who has cancer, was festively greeted on each floor.

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Acting on a tip about the remains of a baby last seen in December 2009 — known as Baby Gabriel — San Antonio police said they commissioned a search of a far Northwest Side park on Thursday.

Eight people and four cadaver dogs from the nonprofit group Alamo Area Search and Rescue combed through a few specific areas of Friedrich Park for about three hours, said K-9 handler Christy Bormann.

Police said no remains were found.

Eight-month-old Gabriel Johnson was last seen with his mother in San Antonio in December 2009, and it's unknown whether he's alive.

New Braunfels

Teen accused

of school threat

A New Braunfels High School student was arrested Thursday, accused of posting on his Facebook page that he was looking forward to “shooting up” the campus.

The threat spurred an hourlong lockdown starting about 11 a.m., New Braunfels Independent School District spokeswoman Stephanie Ferguson said.

“Students at New Braunfels High School are safe,” Principal John Burks said. “We followed well-practiced safety procedures today that are designed to protect students and faculty.”

New Braunfels police Capt. John McDonald said the 17-year-old suspect is likely to be charged with making a terroristic threat, a third-degree felony. He declined to name the teen because he hasn't been formally arraigned.

The teen didn't specify when or how the attack would be carried out, and he wasn't found with any weapons, McDonald said.

A senior astrophysicist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Mather specializes in infrared astronomy and cosmology. He'll discuss how the universe began with the big bang, how the Earth followed and how people are now uncovering that history.

The lecture, which is open to the public, is at 7:30 p.m. in the Main Building auditorium, Room 0.104. Parking is available in the Tobin Avenue garage or the Bauerle Road garage.

Charity walk

Saturday event

to fight hunger

The Society of St. Vincent de Paul is holding a charity walk from 8 to 11 a.m. Saturday at Haven for Hope.

Walk a Mile in My Shoes aims to raise funds for the nonprofit organization and raise awareness about local poverty and hunger needs.

A memorial service for Sir Douglas Quintet drummer Johnny Perez will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at St. Matthew's Catholic Church, 10703 Wurzbach Road.

Perez died Sept. 11 in Topanga, Calif. He was 70.

The San Antonio native is best remembered for playing on the Tex-Mex legends' biggest hits — “She's About a Mover,” “The Rains Came” and “Mendocino.” He also wrote songs with Joe “King” Carrasco and owned a recording studio.

Perez grew up on the West Side, played quarterback at Longfellow Junior High and graduated from Fox Tech.